Organizational Designing for National Informatization Policy

Abstract

As Korean society has progressed into information society, the organizational innovation factor becomes more crucial to successful informatization projects than technical factor. This paper explores alternative organizational structure for informatization policy for roh Moo-hyun administration. Current Information promotion Committee headed by prime minister doesn't work well. National informatization and e-government should consider the president's national innovation vision and agenda. Organizational structure for national Informatization is composed of national CIO and president's council, a ministry managing informatization, and ministerial CIO organizations. This paper suggests an organizational structure for informatization policy. President presided over Council for National Informatization. The chief secretary of innovation who is national CIO, coordinates the Council. The Ministry of Reform, Planning and Budget handles government innovation, planning, informatization, budget, and evaluation and implements the president's innovation agendas. A ministerial CIO handles sectorial informatization and e-government projects. Next government-wide ministerial reorganization under President Roh should create a national CIO, president's council of informatization, and ministry of reform, planning and budget.